Alan Bennett
Born in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK — May 09 1934
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Alan Bennett (born 9 May 1934) is an English playwright, screenwriter and author. Born in Leeds, he attended Oxford University where he studied history and performed with The Oxford Revue. He stayed to teach and research medieval history at the university for several years. His collaboration as writer and performer with Dudley Moore, Jonathan Miller and Peter Cook in the satirical revue Beyond the Fringe at the 1960 Edinburgh Festival brought him instant fame. He gave up academia, and turned to writing full time, his first stage play Forty Years On being…
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Family Guy
Alan Bennett (voice)
Play for Today
Denis Midgley
Omnibus
Self
Screen Two
Writing
BBC2 Play of the Week
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
A Dance to the Music of Time
Sillery
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Osric
Fortunes of War
Lord Pinkrose
Talking Heads
Graham Whittaker
The Choral
Writing
Objects of Affection
Writing
The Secret Policeman's Ball
Self
Alan Bennett's Talking Heads
Writing
Ashenden
Grantly Caypor
The Lady in the Van
Alan Bennett (2014)
Selling Hitler
Hugh Trevor-Roper
Building Sights
Self - Presenter
Prick Up Your Ears
Writing
Little Dorrit
The Bishop
Selling Hitler
Hugh Trevor-Roper
Dreamchild
Mock Turtle (voice)
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
Hector
Alice in Wonderland
Mouse
The History Boys
Writing
The Old Crowd
Writing
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
Self
The Young Visiters
Narrator (voice)
The Willows in Winter
Mole
A Private Function
Writing
The Madness of King George
2nd MP
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
Self - Various Roles
Every Home Should Have One
Defence Solicitor
Allelujah
Production
Meg and Mog
Owl
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Justice Shallow
A Day Out
Writing
Long Shot
Neville's Doctor
In Love and War
Porter
National Theatre Live: Allelujah!
Writing
One Fine Day
Writing
The Insurance Man
Writing
National Theatre Live: People
Writing
A Question of Attribution
Writing
The Glass Box
Self (archival footage)
102 Boulevard Haussmann
Writing
Intensive Care
Denis Midgley
Afternoon Off
Mr Petty
On the Margin
National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art
Writing
The Wind in the Willows
Mole
National Theatre Live: The Madness of George III
Writing
Telling Tales
Writing
Doris and Doreen
Writing
Rolling Home
Writing
Pleasure at Her Majesty's
Self
Our Winnie
Writing
Eric Ravilious: Drawn to War
The Importance of Being Morrissey
Self
Marks
Writing
Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf
Narrator (voice)
Julie Walters and Friends
Talking Heads
Some Interesting Facts About Peter Cook
Self
Sunset Across the Bay
Writing
Innes Lloyd: The Producer
Self
The Drinking Party
Eryximachus
Talking Heads 2
Writing
Thora Hird Tribute
Self, Denis Midgley (archive footage, uncredited)
Julie Walters and Friends
An Englishman Abroad
Writing
A Visit from Miss Prothero
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Beyond the Fringe
Various Characters
Say Something Happened
Writing
My Friend Sam: Living for the Moment
Portrait or Bust
Himself
All Day on the Sands
Writing
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Two Bad Mice and Johnny Town-Mouse
Timmy Willie (voice)
A Little Outing
Writing
Dinner at Noon
Himself - Presenter
Mouse and Mole at Christmas Time
Mole (voice)
Stewart Lee: Tornado
Self
Man and Music
Crew
The Abbey with Alan Bennett
Self
A Woman of No Importance.
Writing
The Native Hue of Resolution
Alan Bennett's Diaries
Himself
Alan Bennett: 90 Years On
Stop All the Clocks: W.H. Auden in an Age of Anxiety
Himself
Hamlet
Osric
Books: The Last Chapter?
Self
Being Alan Bennett
Himself
A Life in Death
Writing
Did I Say Hairdressing? I Meant Astrophysics
(voice)